At the coastal station, he also had to endure the humiliation of a naked inspection by a physician.

This was followed by a lengthy transoceanic trip which must have exceeded the horrors of the train ride to the concentration camp.

The crowded unsanitary conditions in the slave ships were at least as bad as those in the cattle cars, and the Africans also were beaten and harassed to keep them docile.
Moreover, the trip itself was much rougher and longer.

After undergoing another inspection, the African was purchased and had to face lifetime of bondage in an alien environment.

He was stripped of identity, given a new name, and he was taught to envision himself and his African heritage as inferior and barbaric.